A hijacked plane from Libya landed at the Mediterranean island of Malta on Friday with 118 other folks together with seven group individuals on board, Malta’s top minister and executive resources stated.

Ladies and youngsters are being launched from the hijacked Libyan plane in Malta, the island’s Top Minister Joseph Muscat stated on Friday.

“First workforce of passengers, consisting of girls and youngsters, being launched now,” he stated on Twitter.

The Airbus A320 were on a home Libyan direction operated through Afriqiyah Airways from Sabha in the south to the capital Tripoli however used to be re-routed.

“The Afriqiyah flight from Sabha to Tripoli has been diverted and has landed in Malta. Safety products and services coordinating operations,” Top Minister Joseph Muscat stated on Twitter.